The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 28, 1929, Page 4

] — g S et '_—Dail y Alaska Empire JOHN W. TROY - - - EDITOR AND MANAGER| Sunday by _the Published e r except Second and Main EMPIRE_ PR 3 COMPANY Streets, Juncau, Alaska Entered In the Post Office In Juneau as Second Class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Delivered by carrier—in Juneau, Douglas, Treadwell and Thane for $1.25 per month. postage paid, at the following rates: A advance 0; six m s, in advance, #6.00; one month, i fvar Bubscribers will conf notify the Business Off in the del Telephor will promptly or irregularity f they i Busine CIATED PRESS. MEMBER OF A The Associaicd wse for republication of It or not otherwise « 1"in this paper ocal news published he 1 #LASKA CIRCULA e spatches credited to and also the ENT COPPER AGAIN. H — - | ser has continued its upward | on News Bureau, probably the best ty in the country, gives the price for | cents and that for local con-| 18 cents. This is higher than the slump following the attained in the spring s followed by a rapid The price of course. The B copper autl export copy sumption, delivered, at the metal h been since It is higher than was the last boom which . It is a gain of fomr cents in one year. One of the results of this continued rise in copper prices the announcement that the March dividend of Anaconda Copper will be on the annual | basis of $7 a It was only little more than three months ago that it was raised from $4 a| share to $6. | 1t is conceded, however, that danger lurks in 18- cent, copper. With such a price it will be found | difficult to keep the production down to a po'mt‘ that will co-ordinate with consumption. It would be very casily the hare, possible for another decline in pric that would require ans other four or five-year period to adjust. In one respect, at least, the low price of copper that prevailed for eral years before the begin- _mning of the rise a year ago has served the industry well. That w the success of engineers in working out lower production c During the lean years the copper mi devoted their talents to that end, and it has been eminently : is stated by some authorities that it was the cause of keeping some of the producers off the rocks. PUTTING IT TOO STRONGLY. There seems no good reason why Canada should not have a flag of her own as have the other Brit- ish Dominions, but that orator in the British Co-| lumbia Legislature down at Victoria was rather ex- travagant when he declared that it is only by the adoption of a flag of her own that Canada can stop the migration of young Canadians to the States. The Victoria solon is reported to have put the need for a flag this way: That lack of a distinctive Canadian flag was to the prejudice of Canadianism; that Canada was a nation without a flag, first because the present flag was not official, second because it was not in any event dis- tinctively Canadian in that it did not ex- press the genius and spirit of the Canadian people; that the development of Canadian nationalism was of the greatest importance, because only by that means could Canada preserve unity in the British Commonwealth, only by that means could Canada's unity apart from the United States be assured, that only by that means could the migra- tion of young Canadians to the United States be stopped. That was going too far. Canada is greater than that. While we hope the Canadians may agree upon a National flag, we insist that flag or no flag Canada [inthe ocean 1 _to the| ’]wqtllv | figure to a shadow of its former self, following cus- producers to mcrcuscflhey want. the supply to such a point that there would follow |appropriation ruthlessly permits the Director Gen- In fact, it| bearers—animal life that would add mater- ially to our supplies of attractive food as well as afford recreation through hunting, with either camera or gun. These would also provide in many instances a direct profit to the owners through the leasing of fish- ing and shooting privileges. . | Mr Redingtori mentioned many cases in which marshes, swamps, and coastal waters are bringing in larger monetary returns as wet areas than are [ similar adjacent lands that have been dry and under | cultivation for many generations. { Pr ling halibut prices do not offer attractive | rewards for men to sacrifice comfort and risk lives | by going out in a North Pacific winter to catch fish The halibut fisherman has a hard time of it'at best but in the winter time his returns Already this season two or three experienced and har men have been swept to |their death by storms out there onm‘the Gulf of | Alaska, while catching fish at a profitless price. The indications are that Senators and Represen- tatives are having rather a hectic time while trying |to make up their rhinds whether or not to give the | Prohibition enforcement outfit that $24,000,000. There |seems to be fear that they will be damned if they| | red if they don't. {ought to be large. |do and dar | The Manchester Guardian notes that while the| | German press reveiwed the career of the ex-Kaiser | his seventieth birthday from different angles| |they all discussed him as one who belongs to the lon PURRCHs e . i 10 The outlook for a good and strong Cabinet im- proves with every announcement of a new selec- tion. Alaska’s Need for Roads. | (Engineering ana mining Journal.) Once again the matter of an appropriation for road building in Alaska is to the fore. Again, Major Malcolm Elliott, President of the Territorial Road Commissicn, is asking Congress for $2,000,000 for the purpose. Again, the Bureau of the Budget, it may safely be supposed, will arbitrarily pare this tomary policy of making a move or less horizontal cut in all appropriations, with only rare exceptions. As at Donnybrook Fair the rule was: “If you see a head, hit it,” so in the Bureau the order of the day appears to me “If you pass on an pppropria- tion, cut it.” Evidently the heads of Government departments are objects of suspicion in the Bureau. There it ap= pears to be taken for granted that they will delib- erately ask for more than they really need, in order that a cut will still leave them provided with what The Bureau's evident resolve to cut every eral of the Budget to assign anyone to the task, the emplovee being required to know only which way {is down in making a revision. As Senator Oddie \recrntl\' pointed out, when attacking the Budget |Bureau’s system at the convention of the American |Mining Congress, it is an insult to the intelligence |of the American people to permit the carefully pre- pared estimates of Government engineers and ex- |perts to be revised downward thus contemptuously by .clerks and underlings who have no knowledge {of the matters they are required to pass upon. ‘} Two million dollars for building roads in Al- aska’s half-million square miles of territory seems 4 modest sum to-ask, when the labor involved in building a single mile or road is taken into account. |The proposal recalls the feeding of a multitude with seven loaves and a few small fishes. Assuredly the construction of any unusual mileage with so small a sum would be equally miraculous. The need for roads in that great region is discusesd in the Comment and Criticism pages of this issue by Mr. Carl W. Whitham, of Chisana, in the North Wran- gell Mountain district of the Territory. As a min- ing man of many years' experiénce in Alaska, where he now maintains residence, Mr. Whitham is well qualified to discuss the country’s needs for roads, particularly for branch roads that will link the mining districts in the hills and outlying areas with the main highways already built. Without such feeder roads the latter lose much of their effective- ness in opening new sections. Alaska needs capital to develop industries and by *— We Mentioned No Sam Hill says in The Cincin- “If you catech flu germs by Kkissing we know a gir! who must have a flock of them But Sam, is it nice to tell>—Jack Warwick, in To- ledo Blade. 3 Heck! Jack, at least 30 of them were dead sure they were the pop- ular girl we were referring to. nati Blinks: THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, FEB. 28, 1929. [ Y 11 ALONG LIFE'S DETOUR By SAM HILL Have A Heart! To make a winter I'm more than convinced Such fiendish weather he doesn't really need; A nicer one the weatherman could make, I'm sure, If our pleas for less rough stuff{js when it comes to spening fath- he'd heed! Passing Observation Opportunity would be invited in oftener when it knocks if it didn’t so often call in its working ‘clothes, No Sugar Daddy First Stenog: “Doesn’t your boss ever take you out to lunch?” Second Ditto: “No, the way that old gink treats me you'd think I was his wife.” Enquirer: this time.” What's The Use! I went to bed at nine, Of rest to get a heap, But it was 3 am. Before I got to sleep. Variation 7114423 ‘What did he say?” ~ Needs Diagram It is getting so that when you say a man took a drop too much you have to explain whether he was an aviator or just a scofflaw, Long With Lot’a Pedestrians If you are drunk and think That you can drive, At the hospital — Names—But “I told the druggist he must be out of his mind to make such a statement.” Jink: Blinks: “Tried to tell me he had something just as good.” Not That It Matters— But a once-over of the kind of hats women wear now leads us to wonder why they still raise os- triches. Elpnci Lesson In Good English : The only place where it is prop-| | er to say “We had them for din-| | | | | R. J. AL(.ORN, M.D. Rooms 514-17-19-21-23 Gold- stein Building. Telephome 423 Special attention given to di- seases of Eye, Ear, Nose PROFESSIONAL | . St s DRS. KASER & FREEBURGER DENTISTS 301-803 Goldstein Bldg. and Surgeon PHONE 66 ner” is irf the Cannibal Islnds. and Throat. Hours 9 a. m. to 9 p. m. 1 More Or Less True — =B Another place mother and daugh- g — ter think that old sea tradition, “Ladies first,” should be observed er’'s salary. Another time the average man wishes he wasn’t married is when his wife insists on going along to help him select a new hat. £ J. B. BURFORD & CO L. C. Smith ard Corona TYPEWRITERS Public Sten hy £ ographer Charles P. Jenne DENTIST Rooms 8 and 9 Valentine Building Telephone 176 L —— e —— | ) Dr. Many a flapper gives us the im- | pression she thinks the world 1s too sad and it is up to her to give it a good laugh. More men cuss at what a wom- an means when she puts down her foot than do at what she means when she puts out her hand. Still the husband of the wife | Policy, also | health o J. W. WOODFORD | Representing the Northern Life Insurance Co. Investigate our new Tower insuranes. rings on Salmon Cr k. Even- ings by appointment. ‘ = Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST Hours 9 a. m. to 6 p. m. SEWARD BUILDING Office Phone 469, Res. Phone 276. sccident and Phone 2 igoe. Dr. H. Vance who is so careful to feed him prop- er foods never seems to 100k any| peeeeeare happier than the one whose wife heats up & can of beans for din- ner and doesn't care a whoop if they are good for him or not. It is getting so a little girl ls‘ more apt to get a new father than she is a new little brother. One of the most surprising things of the day is the number and kind of girls who don’t seem to think it {s necessary to wear bloomers. The reason daughter can dance till 4 am. is because the rest of the family depend on mother, not her, to get the meals and clean up/{ the house. The main objection a modern woman has to being an old maid is that an old maid can't get ali- Women of Mooseheart Legion will be held at the Moose Hall, Thurs- day evening, February 28, at 8 p. m. The grand prizes for the series will be awarded. adv. City HMall, P HOT TOASTED SANDWICHES ( and HOT TAMALES JUNEAU ICE CREAM ‘ PARLORS Hot Drinks Served {Janeau Public Library and Free Reading Room ||| Mialn Strest at 4th Reading Room C:a from € 3. m to 10 p. m. Circulation Room Open From & | Osteopath—30 H Elours: 10 to 14 T do 8% T'to 8 or by appoinment thic Physict e . Livensed I Phove: Residence, Gastineau Hotel [ et rse <l ovosst Aot Dr. Geo. L. Barton CHIROPRACTOR, Helienthal Bidg. I Office Only Hours: 10 a. m. to 12 noon, 2 p. m. to 5§ p. m. and 7 p. m. to 9 p. m. Phone 529 CHIROPRACTIC is not the practice of Medicine, Surgery nor Osteopathy. GRREIR AR Robert Simpson mony. Opt. D. T e } PHONE 94 Graduate lgs Angeles Col- LAST CARD PART . — roweerooereeed | [ leage of Optometry and 2 Opthalmology i . The last of the popular series of M ——= =<~ | | Glasses Fitted, Lenses Ground five card parties given by the — | Optometrist-Optician Eyes Examined-Glasses Fitted Second Floor Room 16, Valentine Bldg. 10:00 to 6:00 Evenings by Appointment Phone 484 S S S You will arrive. Shutting Mather Up “Daughter, is it true young girls | now let boys kiss them?” mother demanded severely. “Well, I don't think girls have changed any since you were young, mother,” yawned daughter. We’re Not Living In It Utopia is a ‘place where all busi- ness' concerns move to a nice, warm climate during the winter months and take all their employees along. Pessimistic We're gonna live to see the day, we'll bet, ‘When women will do all the yot- in’, And going to the polls on ‘lection day, To men will be verboten. _l The Victim Speaks We published last week the la- ment of a Wilmington (Ohio) wife whose husband had been smoking the Christmas cigars he received, support a population, as Colonel W. P. Richardson declared in the Atlantic Monthly of January, 1928. The ery that the Government is trying to give the Territory away is no longer popular. Indeed, as Colonel Richardson declared, the Government could do no better than to give it away by granting lib- eral concessions to citizens who are willing to go there, and by encouraging them in every way. De- velopment is contingent upon the provision of trans- portation facilities. Without these the Territory will remain another China. Home rule was proposed by Colonel Richardson as the major remedy for the country’s backward state. This he advocated with is Canada—one of the greatest of Nations. The cir- cumstance that Canada has no National flag does not subtract an iota from vast fabulously rich resources, not a h the majestic stature of her w deprive her of any part of h -government ‘pow- ers. While there will be a co ant trek of migrat- erful people, nor lh(_a idea that it would enable the Territory more |quickly to satisfy its urgent needs, pre-eminent |among which was that of more and better roads. extent of her| OB T i s breadth from | | o i | (Seattle Post-Intelligencer.) The latest developments in the great campaign Maharanees, Etec. ing people back and forth between nada and the| United States, with the United States mayhap H‘J'-"Amr-ncan girl are: ting something the better of the exchange for a while| 1—Miss Jean huzher!ord, San Francisco society at least, Canada’s future looms as an inspiration |girl, eats roast lamb with King Feisal of Irak. (Just on foreign royalty being conducted by the glorified for all peoples. MARSHLAND WORTH MORE FOR WAT- ERFOWL THAN FOR CROPS better? It is Paul G. Red- ington, of the United States Department of Agricul- ture, who dis s the stion—and he is not re- ferring to Prohi ! Mr. Redington, who is Chief of the Bureau of Biological Survey, takes the wet side in consider whether it is a wise policy to embark m of drainage of marsh on 3 and swamp a view to making them | available for In a re ir. Redington said; st marsh and swamp areas have be ooked upon merely as some- thing to be drained to get rid of the water and make the land 2 ble for the produc- tion of farm crops and livestock. In many instances the policy b led to reclamation of land utterly unsuited for such production, and at the e time it has destroyed it for uses to which it might have been profit- ably devoted. So long as there is more land available than is needed for crop and live- stock production, which is now the case in the United States, extensive drainage pro- | jects are, in my opinion, misdirected effort. Instead, wet areas in their natural state should be utilized for the production of fish, of such waterfowl as wild ducks and geese, and of such aguatic mammals as beavers and muskats. Wet areas may also be made to produce vast quantities of food suitable for feeding and poducing millions of ducks, geese, and other waterfowl, and certain fur as the local luncheon clubs learn to their cost that the price of lamb and peas has gone up, too!) 2—Sidi Wirt Spreckles, the Princess Suad Chakir, s repatriated as an American, abjuring Turkey except on Christmas and Thanskgiving. 3—The energetic infant of Nancy Ann Miller, of this city, Maharanee of Indore, notifies nurse: |“Come hither with celerity! I faw down, go boom, lboom!" No wonder there’s rebellion in Spain. | ’ | The Wealth of tne States. (Manchéster Guardian.) If wealth is a true index of well-being the United States is the most fortunate country in the world today. The Department of Commerce at Washing~ ton has just presented a report which shows that in the last fifty years the wealth of the country has increased sevenfold. The report gains its effect not so much by the great figures of national finance and trade as by its statistics on more homely mat- ters. It is impressive to be told, for instance, bhat the peoplé of the States have in the last ten years | bought over eight million vacuum cleaners, five mil- lion electric washing machines, a million and a half electric refrigerators, and thirteen million wireless sets. There is a convincing realism about all this which would have appealed to Mr. Crummles. Aviation has just celebrated its silver anniver- sary, and everybody hopes the first 25 years are the hardest.—(Detroit Free Press.) | Two dry agents in Chicago testified they drank |53 highballs while collecting evidence against a night club. That suggests one good way of making the county really dry—(Springfield, Ohio, Sun.) I SIS e o 2. and our guess was the gent was getting even with her for buying such rope—now comes this: While Sam Hill dubbed it rope, And others called it cabbage, It really was some fiendish dope That fits in with this grab-age. The Survivor, Wilmington, O. Too Much For Us You can believe him if you want to, but we just naturally called B. M. a liar when he told us that he ran over a chicken and its pin-| feathers punctured his tire. PO CLUB CAFE R. T. Kaufmann, Prop. OPEN FOR BUSINESS Booths for Ladies Home Cooked Meals “The Best for Less” MERCHANT’S LUNCH ‘11 a.m. to2p m Short Orders and Regular Dinners Completely Remodeled and Ready for Business ‘Mabry’s Cafe Regular Dinners Short Orders Lunches 6a.m. to2a m. PULAR PRICES HARRY MABRY W & When you buy PEERLESS BREAD It is better Bread — High in Public Favor Every Bite a Delight Remember the Name insist upon it from your grocer PEERLESS BAKERY AUTOS FOR HIRE 2LIC IBEFERENCE Here’s promptness — effi- 1 ciency—service —says Taxi Tad. Public preference is shown to Carlson’s taxi service because you can RELY on the driver to take you to your desfina- tion in safety. For your pro- £:30 p. m. Current Magazines, Newspapers Reference Books, Etc, FREE TO ALL L iy ey i | New, select line of visiting cards | } at The Empire. p. i to 6:39 p m—T7:00 p. m. to N Ty i g7 Helene W. L. Albrecht PHYSICAL THERAPIST Medical Gymnastics, Massage | Electricity 410 Gcldstein Bldg. Phone, Office, 216 £— —————— - Old papers for sale at The Empire. at The Empire. . ) —_— THE CHAS. W. CARTER MORTUARY “The Last Service Is the Greatest Tribute” Corner 4th and Franklin St. Phone 136 New, select line of visiting cards [ — FRYE BRUHN With a Full Line of Quality Meats PHONE 38 ALASKAN HOTEL MODERN REASONABLE RATES Dave HouseL, prop. —————— tection—be sure when getting a cab that the name Carlson taxi is on the door. 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